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as in impression
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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verb

as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Recent Examples of print
Noun
The monochrome sneaker is made from an alligator print and cracked leather on the upper. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 12 June 2026 Available in two different prints - red stripes and blue star - these are sure to sell quickly. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Verb
Zeke Spector, who had bought an astronaut costume in Midtown and paid FedEx $170 to print and bind the full S-1, was already planning his outfit for the Anthropic listing. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 June 2026 As light can selectively target the fluid, scientists were able to print microscopic conductive patterns that completely vanish once exposed to open air, which reverts the gel back into non-conductive liquid clusters. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for print
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Noun
  • This is for Tyler Kolek’s best Jalen Brunson impression; for the Spurs intel provided by Jeremy Sochan.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026
  • Roach also shared his impressions of Anthony following the trial.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • This photo provided by Kylie Rouse shows the remnants of Shane and Jimmie Tipton's home in Unionville, Missouri, on June 10, 2026, after a tornado struck.
    CBS News, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • One photo shows the fragments of a bomb.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • His fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, and Best American Short Stories, among other publications, and his nonfiction has been published in the New York Times, Nation, Boston Globe, and elsewhere.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • It’s composed largely of her brilliant, almost painfully intimate essays, originally published in The New Yorker, about the fraught dynamics between mothers and daughters.
    Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • That’s when competition will heat up for roster spots, as first-year coach John Harbaugh puts his imprint on the roster.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Used with permission of Voracious, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The person making the complaint had been specific, the officer said — the anonymous report had even included a photograph of a drawing on their door from one of the couple’s kids.
    Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026
  • Former First Lady Michelle Obama paid homage to her late mother, Marian Robinson, at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Tuesday night, donning a mid-calf skirt with a vintage photograph printed over top.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Three sides of the ground impress, the two biggest especially.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Make this 9x13 cake to feed—and impress—a crowd.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Jelly Roll posed for a festive pic with Bailee Ann and Bunnie Xo as the family celebrated Easter 2022.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • The sci-fi/supernatural pic stars Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson and Jin Ha.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 June 2026
Noun
  • The government unleashed special quarters, stamps and license plates.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 June 2026
  • Taiwan issued several stamps in the early 1970s to celebrate the country’s string of Little League World Series championships.
    Tom Reinsfelder, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2026

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